Most significant data breach in history. Your info is likely stolen!

[Siro]

So Equifax was hacked, with data about 140m+ Americans stolen. That includes full names, SSNs, addresses, and sometimes drivers license numbers. Practically all of the unchangeable information that one would need to steal your identity. Don't worry about their executives tho. They sold millions of dollars worth of shares before disclosing the information. So they'll be fine.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...sonal-data-of-143-million-people-equifax-says

They also setup a website to check if your data was stolen (probably was since if you count children and others without credit histories, 143m is most people in the US).

https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/potential-impact/

They're also offering a one year free credit monitoring to the affected. Apparently on the stipulation that you give up your right to sue them.

 

[LogGrad98]

Joke's on them. I got 2 years of free credit monitoring and identity protection through Experian thanks to another data breach with a mortgage company. This is a way better deal since it is full identity monitoring, dark web searches, and unlimited protection in case of identity-related issues and credit issues (instead of the normal $1 million limits some services claim). And yes, I was "likely affected" as were, likely, like, everyone else in the known world.

 

[Stoked]

Add this to the OPM, Utah Medicaid, Anthem Insurance, Ashley Madison, EBay, JP Morgan Chase, Home Depot, Target...hacks. Most of them involving millions of people.

And that list is only the last 4 years and major hacks.

 

[LogGrad98]

Add this to the OPM, Utah Medicaid, Anthem Insurance, Ashley Madison, EBay, JP Morgan Chase, Home Depot, Target...hacks. Most of them involving millions of people.

And that list is only the last 4 years and major hacks.

Yeah realistically there is very little info about any given individual that is actually secure in any meaningful way. The initial report I got from the Experian identity monitoring was essentially that my social, multiple credit cards, both opened and closed, addresses, etc. etc. are already out there in cyberspace. And that is really the case for most people.

 

[Stoked]

Yeah realistically there is very little info about any given individual that is actually secure in any meaningful way. The initial report I got from the Experian identity monitoring was essentially that my social, multiple credit cards, both opened and closed, addresses, etc. etc. are already out there in cyberspace. And that is really the case for most people.

I already got caught up in the OPM stuff. Got a year of monitoring and now frequently view my credit. Through it all I was able to up my score and buy my home.

 

[JazzMan4Life]

Allegedly the hackers are now demanding $2.66M in Bitcoin or they will release the info on September 15th.

http://mashable.com/2017/09/08/equifax-hackers-bitcoin-ransom/#dIl.hnKRgkq9

 

[JazzGal]

I looked at the Equifax website and I of course am one of the compromised.

I kind of feel bad for anyone who tries to steal my identity. With all my medical bills of the past several years, there isn't much they could access. It would be a pain, though, so I hope people leave me alone.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

Gotta admit, I saw this coming. That's why I completely destroyed my credit years ago. Good luck to any ******* who tries to steal my identity. Bwaahaahaa

 

[Jazz Spazz]

I hope someone steals my identity and my car. I just hope nobody hacks my JazzFanz account and starts giving out bans and infractions. That would be a real mess.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Those ****ers didnt get me.

 

[RandyForRubio]

Those ****ers didnt get me.

Same.

 

[Gameface]

I got got

 

[fishonjazz]

I got got

Me too

 

[Boris]

I ain't carrin iffin I got git. I deal in cash trade an food snaps. Don't have no need fer credit scores.

 

[moevillini]

what's kind of creepy is that when you go to that link, you have to enter the LAST SIX digits of your SSN - - now if they've already had problems, why would I fell safe entering that information into their link?


also, I've been amazed in the past when I've tried to sign up for something online and in order to prove my identity, I have to correctly answer a bunch of random questions such as "Which of the following cars does/did someone in your family own" or "Which of the following streets matches a current or former address of someone in your family" and then there's a list of random car makes or street names that may perhaps include one that my sister or one of my kids drove or lived on 10 years ago. Maybe I co-signed a lease or a car note or something, but it's creepy that it comes up.

 

[Boris]

Interesting question. How many are old enough an east cost ta have 0 as there first SSN digit? My older brother was born on Rhode Island an had 037 the first three. I was born in Utah couple years later an got the typical 528.

 

[colton]

Interesting question. How many are old enough an east cost ta have 0 as there first SSN digit? My older brother was born on Rhode Island an had 037 the first three. I was born in Utah couple years later an got the typical 528.

SSNs are not issued sequentially. The first three digits used to have geographic significance, i.e.they were based on where you lived when you got your number, but I don't think they do anymore.

 

[moevillini]

SSNs are not issued sequentially. The first three digits used to have geographic significance, i.e.they were based on where you lived when you got your number, but I don't think they do anymore.

My parents applied for SSNs for my brother, sister snd I all at the same time and our numbers are sequential - of course that was a long time ago.

I wonder about more recent births of multiples if the numbers would be similar (assuming the parents applied for the tax ID numbers at one time.)

 

[Boris]

SSNs are not issued sequentially. The first three digits used to have geographic significance, i.e.they were based on where you lived when you got your number, but I don't think they do anymore.

Randomization began in 2011. There are 3 unincluded digit categories I believe 000, 666, an 900-999.

 

[Harambe]

SSNs are not issued sequentially. The first three digits used to have geographic significance, i.e.they were based on where you lived when you got your number, but I don't think they do anymore.

This confuses me. I share my Father's first three, but I was born 600 miles away from where he was born. I guess it must have been a very large region.

Prior to 2011, the first three digits known as the area number were assigned by geographical region. Prior to 1973, cards were issued in local Social Security offices around the country and the area number represented the office code where the card was issued. This did not necessarily have to be in the area where the applicant lived, since a person could apply for their card in any Social Security office. Since 1973, when the SSA began assigning SSNs and issuing cards centrally from Baltimore, the area number assigned has been based on the ZIP code in the mailing address provided on the application for the original Social Security card. The applicant's mailing address does not have to be the same as their place of residence. Thus, the area number does not necessarily represent the state of residence of the applicant regardless of whether the card was issued prior to, or after, 1973. Wikipedia has a list of Social Security Area Numbers for each state.